Calif. officers search for brother in ax attack

BURNEY, Calif. 
Shasta County sheriff's deputies are searching for a 32-year-old man they say cut his brother's leg with an ax during a fight.

Sgt. Marc St. Clair says Michael Mitchell hit his 31-year-old brother, Christopher Mitchell, twice with the ax. St. Clair says the injuries required stitches but were not life-threatening.

Christopher Mitchell told investigators it was an accident. But St. Clair says witnesses told deputies the injuries came during a fight Sunday afternoon at a residence in Burney, a mountain town about 150 miles north of Sacramento.

St. Clair says Michael Mitchell fled and was being sought Monday on an alleged parole violation.